Donald Trump Jr 'met Russia lawyer for Clinton information' - BBC News

MSgt Steve Sweeney - That is misleading. Maintained contacts with foriegn nationals is required. This was not a maintained contact. He took a meeting, found it worthless, and never had any other contact with her. If we were to annotate every contact we've have with a foreign national, some of us would have a pretty extensive (and incomplete by the way) list.

So to address your own comments, yes, it is very conceivable if the DNC had a hand in this meeting for them to hold on to the information and choose to spread it out over time with the rest of the BS accusations they've levied. But I will also add that I'm not convinced they did have anything to do with this, especially since there is nothing significant to report at this time. Also, yes, the Lawyer said she has no ties to the Kremlin. This is also what Trump walked away with believing as well... thus no requirement exists to report the conversation.

If you are taking a meeting with the explicit purpose to obtain information on a political opponent, then you are connected to the campaign, especially when you invite the campaign chairman along for the meeting. That the attempted collusion bore no fruit really is of no consequence. And sure, we can believe this lady had no ties to the Russian government at all, but simply a Russian citizen, acting of her own accord, who did oppo research on Clinton in her spare time, or just happened to have, or claim to have, information supplied by the Russian government. And she certainly wouldn't want anything in return for whatever dirt she may have... no possibility of compromise at all. And sure, the DNC would just hold on to some of the most direct evidence of collusion for 7 months - why wouldn't they? Sure, we can chalk this up as meaningless and totally innocent. We can cover our eyes, plug our ears, and totally ignore all the other evidence, circumstantial and otherwise... but I don't believe you are being entirely objective in doing so.

Let me see... If I were to get such a call, I think I'd hear them out, decide whether it's significant, and report it to the authorities if it were. Otherwise I could be wasting their time. It's actually no different than those who are paid to do opposition research for political parties (some of which might actually be from other nations, such as this lawyer was). There was no promise of a quid pro quo, nothing came of the meeting, Trump essentially wasted his time. End of story. Unless you have more... Which you don't.

Let's say your suspicions are correct and she was operating under the direction of the Russians. So what? Again, nothing came of the meeting. You cannot tie Trump to any specific collusion. Seriously, there is more evidence of Clinton colluding with the Russians than Trump could ever come close to, not to mention the noted relationships of the Clinton family and the Chinese back when Bill took office.

If you really think this proves anything, you and CNN/MSNBC/etc are going to continue to be frustrated for the next 3 years and what's turning out to be a potential 7. If there's anything I learned in my distaste for Trump is, don't underestimate him.

Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin - In June 6, 2016, they were dealing with a political novice. This will continue in some form or fashion as long as the MSM sees it as being destructive to the current administration. Fortunately, the Republicans are trying to help him. NOT!

Amended his statement? You mean someone with a security clearance can leave things off their application and amend it after its revealed and everything is good? Sweet. Does everyone with a clearance know about this?

What do you believe he was required to disclose and why?